Post-Graduate Fellowships

MFY hosts staff attorney fellows sponsored by Skadden, Equal Justice Works, Kirkland & Ellis or a law school. Fellows work closely with our experienced staff attorneys and are directly supervised by each project’s supervising attorney. Fellows carry their own caseload and gain valuable experience in providing a wide range of services, from brief advice and counsel to representation at administrative hearings, judicial proceedings, and with appeals.

MFY accepts applications on an ongoing basis.Send cover letter, resume and writing sample to jzelhof@mfy.org with FELLOWSHIP in the subject line.

Throughout my time as a fellow at MFY, I have received support and guidance from experienced staff and supervising attorneys, who helped me develop a program offering bankruptcy services to low-income New Yorkers. MFY offered me opportunities to work directly with clients, train attorney and law student volunteers, write appellate briefs, and engage in legislative advocacy. Not only did this keep me busy and engaged in the work, but it ensured the project’s impact would reach beyond what I could do alone. MFY’s existing projects have benefited from the addition of bankruptcy services, and access to the housing, employment, foreclosure prevention, and other experts at MFY has certainly improved the advice I am able to provide.